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The Nursing and Midwifery Council has launched a consultation into proposed changes to its fitness to practise processes
25 Oct 2016
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Leading nurse Pauline Watts had a date with royalty today when she collected her OBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace
25 Oct 2016
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Radiotherapy machine

NHS England has announced £130 million in funding to update or replace more than 100 radiotherapy machines that have past their sell-by date in England's hospitals.

25 Oct 2016
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RCN Centenary Walk

College staff, members and supporters completed an epic 1,500-mile walk.

25 Oct 2016
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1%
A pay rise of 1% promised to nurses in Northern Ireland seven months ago will finally appear in their November wage packets
25 Oct 2016
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Severe mental illness

Report says life expectancy for these patients is the same as that of the general population in the 1950s, and they are more likely to experience&n

25 Oct 2016
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Domestic abuse

Nurses are three times more likely than the average person to have experienced domestic abuse.

25 Oct 2016
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1hour2empower

The government must recognise the critical importance of continuing professional development (CPD) to nurses, according to the body that represents the UK’s u

24 Oct 2016
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Plans to stop operations being performed at a children's heart centre are a scandal of national proportions, a union has said.
24 Oct 2016
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A Pacifist's Guide To The War On Cancer

National Theatre production tackles highs and lows of life with a cancer diagnosis.

24 Oct 2016
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Nurses are being urged to help join in the fight against so-called ‘modern slavery’, in an awareness raising campaign by the NHS
24 Oct 2016
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Unison survey reveals NHS students are taking out payday loans and using foodbanks
21 Oct 2016

The RCN has published guidance on formula feeding for nurses who care for infants and mothers.

21 Oct 2016

Recognition for nurse consultant who set up a team to manage emotional and physical side effects of cancer treatment

21 Oct 2016

The RCN’s labour market review has highlighted a crisis in the UK’s nursing supply including an ageing workforce and concerns over the inflow of European nurses 

21 Oct 2016

Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen offers nursing opportunities to workers hit by the oil industry downturn

20 Oct 2016

Security staff at a major London hospital trust are being given body cameras after attacks on nurses and other frontline workers rose by almost one third in the past year. 

20 Oct 2016
Figures show average unit closed eight times in the past year, and Royal College of Midwives says services cannot cope with rising demand and inadequate resources.
20 Oct 2016

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